Poems, Dreams and Roses by Fabu, is 35 pages of poetry for and about children to encourage and inspire them.  It traces Fabu's journey from a child who loved writing poetry, through her student years to finally becoming the third Madison Poet Laureate and a prolific poet.  The book includes a a teacher's guide with questions, a glossary, a life map and a special mirror surprise for each reader. The illustrator is Kate Gillman who uses photographs, drawing and graphic design to uniquely express Fabu's life.

Cost: $12.95 (including shipping)
Discount available for orders of 10 books or more
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JOURNEY TO WISCONSIN: African American Life in Haiku

Journey to Wisconsin: African American Life in Haiku by Fabu is 45 pages of Haiku that includes narrative poems that introduces sections of African American life.  These Haiku do not follow traditional syllable patterns yet do focus on human connections to Nature in three brief lines.  The cover is a photograph of Mr. Nathaniel Owen and Mrs. Cynthia Owen, taken in 1905.  They were African American pioneers in Baraboo, Wisconsin and they have left seven generations of family in the state, one member being Mrs. Edith Lawrence Hilliard.  The cost is $10.00.  The book was published in March 2011. Available for purchase at from Parallel Press. To purchase click here.

JOURNEY TO WISCONSIN: African American Life in Haiku
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